02/26/23 A RESCUE MISSION, NOT BOOKKEEPING

02/26/23 A RESCUE MISSION, NOT BOOKKEEPING

God did not sacrifice His Son to simply satisfy Himself. It was not simply a book-keeping action to balance a legal account. It was a Rescue mission to save fallen humanity from the PENALTY and the POLLUTION and the POWER of sin. Christ did not die and rise again to ignore our sins and our sin nature; He came to redeem us from the guilt and the corruption and the tyranny of Satan, sin and self-serving rebellion.

I can't even imagine Christ paying the price of death, then abandoning us to the perverted, oppressive, vile domination of the god of this world. Jesus did not come to showcase His sovereignty: He came to set us free and to purify unto Himself a distinctive people, zealous to do good works, and to make His children more than conquerors over the devil, the dark domain and death.